Lukgraph Hawker Nimrod MK I 1/32 scale resin kit

[Lightpainter]

Hi there, so I finally was able to finish the Lukgraph Hawker Nimrod MK I. And what a job it was… I dropped it halfway through, I learned the hard way that 3D printed parts do not flex, they are hard but brittle so either they break or become unstuck. Oh, and good as they are 3D printed parts have ridges, so even if it does not show directly, under paint and especially metal paint it will show! So take your time in cleaning them up. 

 

I like to dabble in scratch building the small parts, especially replacing PE parts and 3D printed parts and stepping up to 1/32 scale made that even more possible. So, I did my best but remember this was my first 1/32 scale kit in decades and a resin biplane at that what was I thinking. The Valeyo metal paint gave a nice finish but even by looking at it, it scratched… I could not get MRP when I needed it so tried the Valeyo but I like MRP a lot more. And it is a wonder I even was able to make the photographs, yesterday evening I dropped a bottle of Tamiya black lacquer paint. It covered everything, tweezers, brushes my worktable and splashed under and around the model but no drop on the model itself. Sometimes you need a bit of luck. Euh cleaning everything up was not fun… 

 

It is a great model but complex so it takes time to build but I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

So here it is, hope you like it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kagemusha]

Fantastic rendition, and a marvellous advertisement for the kit, looking forward to your next 1/32 model...

[scvrobeson]

It sure came out looking awesome!  Great work

 

 

Matt 

[mozart]

Thanks for the warning Glijn, both for how brittle the bits are and the amount of time it will take. You have made a really fantastic job of it, the finish is excellent. 

[Lightpainter]

2 hours ago, Kagemusha said:

Fantastic rendition, and a marvellous advertisement for the kit, looking forward to your next 1/32 model...

Thanks! I am still undecided for my next model 

[Lightpainter]

1 hour ago, scvrobeson said:

It sure came out looking awesome!  Great work

 

 

Matt 

Thanks 

[Lightpainter]

59 minutes ago, mozart said:

Thanks for the warning Glijn, both for how brittle the bits are and the amount of time it will take. You have made a really fantastic job of it, the finish is excellent. 

Thank you Max 

[Anthony in NZ]

An absolute work of art!  Really love what you have done...amazing

[LSP_Kevin]

Wow, that is utterly fantastic! Congratulations on a fine model.

 

Kev

[LSP_Ray]

Beautiful job!

May I post it on the website?

[Rod Bettencourt]

That's a good looking build, thanks for sharing.

 

Rod

[Fanes]

Beautiful build plus a nice and clean paintjob!

[Lightpainter]

8 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

Beautiful job!

May I post it on the website?

Of course you may do that  I would be honoured 

[Lightpainter]

10 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said:

An absolute work of art!  Really love what you have done...amazing

Thank you for your kind words, I tried to bring the best out of the kit!

[Lightpainter]

9 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Wow, that is utterly fantastic! Congratulations on a fine model.

 

Kev

Thank you